Effingham Lawrence

Effingham Lawrence (2 March 1820-9 December 1878) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-LA 1) from 3 to 4 March 1875, succeeding J. Hale Sypher and preceding Randall L. Gibson.

Biography
Effingham Lawrence was born in Queens, New York City in 1820, the cousin of congressman and New York mayor Cornelius Lawrence. He moved to Louisiana in 1843 and engaged in the planting and refining of sugar, and he served in the state house before running for the US House of Representatives in 1872. The election, filled with irregularities, was officially won by Republican J. Hale Sypher, and it was not until 1875 that Lawrence was allowed to finish the 1873-1875 congress term, serving just a single day in office. He died in 1878.